Court File No. CV-19-616077-00CL
ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
(COMMERCIAL LIST)
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICANTS
MOTION RECORD OF IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED (Motion for Stay Extension returnable June 26, 2019)
June 17, 2019 OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP
P.O. Box 50, 1 First Canadian Place Toronto, ON M5X 1B8
Deborah Glendinning (LSO# 31070N) Marc Wasserman (LSO# 44066M) John A. MacDonald (LSO# 25884R) Craig Lockwood (LSO# 46668M)
Tel: (416) 362-2111 Fax: (416) 862-6666
Lawyers to the Applicants, Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited and Imperial Tobacco Company Limited
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TO:
THE SERVICE LIST
Court File No. CV-19-616077-00CL
ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
(COMMERCIAL LIST)
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF
IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
Service List (as of June 11, 2019)
TO: OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP P.O. BOX 50, 1 First Canadian Place Toronto, ON M5X 1E2
AND TO :
DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG LLP 155 Wellington Street West Toronto, ON M5V 3J7
Deborah Glendinning [email protected] Tel: 416.862.4714 Marc Wasserman [email protected] Tel: 416.862.4908 John MacDonald [email protected] Tel: 416.862.5672 Lawyers for the Applicants, Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited and Imperial Tobacco Company Limited
Jay Swartz [email protected] Tel: 416.863.5520 Robin Schwill [email protected] Tel: 416.863.5502 Natasha MacParland [email protected] Tel: 416.863.5567 Lawyers for the Monitor, FTI Consulting Canada Inc.
AND TO:
FTI CONSULTING CANADA INC. 79 Wellington Street West Suite 2010, P.O. Box 104 Toronto, ON M4K 1G8
AND TO: STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP 5300 Commerce Court West 199 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5L 1B9
Greg Watson [email protected] Tel: 416.649.8077
David Byers [email protected] Tel: 416.869.5697
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Paul Bishop [email protected] Tel: 416.649.8053 Jeffrey Rosenberg [email protected] Tel: 416.649.8073 Kamran Hamidi [email protected] Tel: 416.649.8068 Dilawar Azhar [email protected] Tel: 416.649.8133 The Monitor
Maria Konyukhova [email protected] Tel: 416.869.5230 Lesley Mercer [email protected] Tel: 416.869.6859 Sanja Sopic [email protected] Tel: 416.869.6825 Lawyers for British American Tobacco p.l.c., B.A.T Industries p.l.c., and British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
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LAX O’SULLIVAN LISUS GOTTLIEB LLP Suite 2750, 145 King Street West Toronto, ON M5H 1J8
AND TO: BENNETT JONES LLP 3400 One First Canadian Place P.O. Box 130 Toronto ON M5X 1A4
Jonathan Lisus [email protected] Tel: 416.598.7873 Matthew Gottlieb [email protected] Tel: 416.644.5353 Andrew Winton [email protected] Tel: 416.644.5342 Nadia Campion [email protected] Tel: 416.642.3134 Lawyers for the Court-Appointed Mediator
Jeffrey Leon [email protected] Tel: 416.777.7472 Mike Eizenga [email protected] Tel: 416.777.4879 Sean Zweig [email protected] Tel: 416.777.6254 Lawyers for the Province of British Columbia, Province of Manitoba, Province of New Brunswick, Province of Nova Scotia, Province of Prince Edward Island and Province of Saskatchewan, in their capacities as plaintiffs in the Government Medicaid Actions (as defined in the Application Record of the Applicants)
AND TO:
THORNTON GROUT FINNIGAN LLP Toronto-Dominion Centre 100 Wellington Street West, Suite 3200 P.O. Box 329
AND TO: FISHMAN FLANZ MELAND PAQUIN LLP 4100-1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
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Toronto, ON M5K 1K7
Montreal, Quebec H3A 3H3
Robert I. Thornton [email protected] Tel: 416.304.0560 Leanne M. Williams [email protected] Tel: 416.304.0060 Rebecca L. Kennedy [email protected] Tel: 416.304.0603 Rachel A. Bengino [email protected] Tel: 416.304.1153 Mitch Grossell [email protected] Tel: 416.304.7978 Lawyers for JTI-Macdonald Corp.
Avram Fishman [email protected] Tel: 514.932.4100 Mark E. Meland [email protected] Tel: 514.932.4100 Margo R. Siminovitch [email protected] Jason Dolman [email protected] Nicolas Brochu [email protected] Tina Silverstein [email protected] CHAITONS LLP 5000 Yonge Street 10th Floor Toronto, ON M2N 7E9 Harvey Chaiton [email protected] Tel: 416.218.1129 Lawyers for Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé, Jean-Yves Blais and Cécilia Létourneau (Quebec Class Action Plaintiffs)
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BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP 199 Bay Street Suite 4000, Commerce Court West Toronto, Ontario M5L 1A9
AND TO: MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Crown Law Office – Civil 720 Bay Street, 8th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2S9
Pamela Huff [email protected] Tel: 416.863.2958 Linc Rogers [email protected] Tel: 416.863.4168
Jacqueline L. Wall [email protected] Tel: 416.325.8435 Shahana Kar [email protected] Tel: 416.314.2080
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Chris Burr [email protected] Tel: 416.863.3261 Aryo Shalviri [email protected] Tel: 416.863.2962 Caitlin McIntyre [email protected] Tel: 416.863.4174 Lawyers for Deloitte Restructuring Inc., in its capacity as Monitor of JTI-Macdonald Corp.
Lawyers for Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario
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KSV ADVISORY INC. 150 King St W #2308, Toronto, ON M5H 1J9
AND TO: STEWART MCKELVEY 1959 Upper Water Street, Suite 900 PO Box 997 Halifax, NS, B3J 2X2
Bobby Kofman [email protected] Tel: 416.932.6228 Noah Goldstein [email protected] Tel: 416.932.6207 Financial Advisor for the Provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, in their capacities as plaintiffs in the HCCR Legislation claims
Robert G. MacKeigan, Q.C. [email protected] Tel: 902.444.1771 Lawyers for Sobeys Capital Incorporated
AND TO:
KLEIN LAWYERS 100 King Street West, Suite 5600 Toronto, ON M5X 1C9
AND TO: JENSEN SHAWA SOLOMON DUGUID HAWKES LLP 800 - 304 8 Ave SW Calgary, AB T2P 1C
Douglas Lennox [email protected] Tel: 416.506.1944 Lawyers for the representative plaintiff, Kenneth Knight, in the certified British Columbia class action, Knight v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd, Supreme Court of
Carsten Jensen [email protected] Tel: 403.571.1526 Sabri Shawa [email protected] Tel: 403.571.1527
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British Columbia, Vancouver Registry No. L031300.
Stacy Petriuk [email protected] Tel: 403.571.1523 PALIARE ROLAND ROSENBERG ROTHSTEIN LLP 155 Wellington Street West, 35th Floor Toronto, ON M5V 3H1 Kenneth T. Rosenberg [email protected] Lily Harmer [email protected] Massimo (Max) Starnino [email protected] Danielle Glatt [email protected] Elizabeth Rathbone [email protected] Tel: 416.646.4300 Lawyers for Her Majesty in Right of Alberta
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MILLER THOMSON LLP Scotia Plaza 40 King Street West, Suite 5800 P.O. Box 1011 Toronto, ON Canada M5H 3S1
AND TO: BLUETREE ADVISORS First Canada Place 100 King Street West, Suite 5600 Toronto, ON M5X 1C9
Craig A. Mills [email protected] Tel: 416.595.8596 Lawyers for North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.
Bill Aziz [email protected] Tel: 416.640.7122 Chief Restructuring Officer of JTI-Macdonald Corp.
AND TO:
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Department of Justice Canada Ontario Regional Office, Tax Law Section 120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1T1
AND TO: CASSELS BROCK & BLACKWELL LLP 2100 Scotia Plaza 40 King Street West Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
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Diane Winters
[email protected] Tel: 647.256.7459 Lawyers for the Minister of National Revenue
Shayne Kukulowicz [email protected] Tel: 416.860.6463 Jane Dietrich [email protected] Tel: 416.860.5223 Joseph Bellissimo [email protected] Tel: 416.860.6572 Monique Sassi [email protected] Tel: 416.860.6886 Lawyers for Ernst & Young Inc., in its capacity as court-appointed monitor of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
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ERNST & YOUNG INC. Ernst & Young Tower 100 Adelaide Street West P.O. Box 1 Toronto, ON M5H 0B3
AND TO: WESTROCK COMPANY OF CANADA A-15400, Sherbrooke Est Montréal, Québec, H1A 3S2
Murray A. McDonald [email protected] Tel: 416.943.3016 Brent Beekenkamp [email protected] Tel: 416.943.2652 Edmund Yau [email protected] Tel: 416.943.2177 Monitor of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
Dean Jones [email protected] Tel: 514.642.9251 Senior Counsel, WestRock Company of Canada
AND TO:
MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT LLP 66 Wellington Street West, Suite 5300 TD Bank Tower, Box 48 Toronto, ON M5K 1E6
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BCF LLP 1100, René-Lévesque Blvd. Suite 2500 Montréal (Québec) H3B 5C9
James Gage Me Bertrand Giroux
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[email protected] Tel: 416-601-7539 Heather Meredith [email protected] Tel: 416-601-8342 Paul Steep [email protected] Tel: 416.601.7998 Trevor Courtis [email protected] Tel: 416.601.7643 Sharon Kour [email protected] Tel: 416.601.8305 Lawyers for Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc.
[email protected] Tel: 514.397.6935 Me Mireille Fontaine [email protected] Tel: 514.397.4561 Lawyers for the Top Tube Company
AND TO:
GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP 1 First Canadian Place 100 King Street West, Suite 1600 Toronto ON M5X 1G5
AND TO: PALIARE ROLAND ROSENBERG ROTHSTEIN LLP 155 Wellington Street West, 35th Floor Toronto, ON M5V 3H1
Derrick Tay [email protected] Tel: 416.369.7330 Clifton Prophet [email protected] Tel: 416.862.3509 Steven Sofer [email protected] Tel: 416.369.7240 Lawyers for Philip Morris International Inc.
Kenneth T. Rosenberg [email protected] Lily Harmer [email protected] Massimo (Max) Starnino [email protected] Danielle Glatt [email protected] Elizabeth Rathbone [email protected] Tel: 416.646.4300 ROEBOTHAN MCKAY MARSHALL Paramount Building 34 Harvey Road, 5th Floor St. John’s, NL A1C 3Y7
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Glenda Best [email protected] Tel: 1.705.576.2255 Lawyers for Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador
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SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES Ministry of the Attorney General Civil Law Division, FSCO Branch 5160 Yonge Street, 17th Floor, Toronto ON M2N 6L9
AND TO: KAPLAN LAW 393 University Av., Suite 2000 Toronto ON M5G 1E6
Michael Scott [email protected] Tel: 416.226.7834 Counsel for the Superintendent of Financial Service
Ari Kaplan [email protected] Tel: 416.565.4656 Representative counsel to the Former Genstar U.S. Retiree Group Committee
AND TO:
MCMILLAN LLP Brookfield Place 181 Bay St, Suite 4400 Toronto ON M5J 2T3
AND TO: MERCHANT LAW GROUP LLP c/o #400 - 333 Adelaide St. West Toronto, Ontario M5V 1R5
Wael Rostom [email protected] Tel: 416.865.7790 Michael J. Hanlon [email protected] Tel: 416.987.5061 Lawyers for The Bank of Nova Scotia
Evatt Merchant, QC [email protected] Chris Simoes [email protected] Tel: 613.366.2795 Lawyers for Suzanne Jacklin, Barbara Bourassa on behalf of the Estate of Mitchell David Bourassa, Roderick Dennis Mcdermid, Linda Dorion, Thelma Adams, Ben Semple, and Deborah Kunta, in each of their capacities as Representative Plaintiffs in the relevant class action proceedings.
AND TO:
LABSTAT INTERNATIONAL INC.
AND TO: CHERNOS FLAHERTY SVONKIN LLP
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262 Manitou Drive Kitchener, ON N2C 1L3
220 Bay Street, Suite 700 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2W4
Kimberly Stevenson Chow (CFO) [email protected] Jason Macintosh (Controller) [email protected] Tel: 519.748.5409 x565
Patrick Flaherty [email protected] Tel: 416.855.0403 Bryan D. McLeese [email protected] Tel: 416.855.0414 STOCKWOODS LLP 77 King Street West, Suite 4130 TD North Tower, P.O. Box 140, TD Centre, Toronto, ON M5K 1Hl Brian Gover [email protected] Tel: 416.593.2489 Justin Safayeni [email protected] Tel: 416.593.3494 Lawyers for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and R J. Reynolds Tobacco International Inc.
AND TO:
BRAUTI THORNING LLP 161 Bay Street, Suite 2900 Toronto, ON M5J 2S1
AND TO: MILLER THOMSON LLP 1000, rue De La Gauchetière Ouest, bureau 3700, Montréal (Québec) H3B 4W5
Steven Weisz [email protected] Tel:416.304.6522 INCH HAMMOND PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1 King Street West, Suite 500 Hamilton, ON L8P 4X8 Amanda McInnis [email protected] Tel: 905.525.0031 Lawyers for Grand River Enterprises Six
Hubert Sibre [email protected] Tel: 514.879.4088 Lawyer for AIG Insurance Canada
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STROSBERG SASSO SUTTS LLP 1561 Ouellette Avenue Windsor, Ontario N8X 1K5
AND TO: FOGLER, RUBINOFF LLP Suite 3000, P.O. Box 95 Toronto-Dominion Centre 77 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5K 1 G8
William V. Sasso [email protected] Tel: 519.561.6222 David Robins [email protected] Tel: 519.561.6215 Lawyers for The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board, plaintiff in Ontario Superior Court of Justice Court File No. 1056/10CP (Class Proceedings).
Vern W. DaRe [email protected] Tel: 416.941.8842 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY 116 Albert Street, Suite 500 Ottawa, ON K1 P 5G3 Robert Cunningham [email protected] Tel: 613.565.2522 ext. 4981 Lawyers for Canadian Cancer Society
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AND TO: LECKER & ASSOCIATES 4789 Yonge Street, Suite 514 Toronto, ON M2N 0G3
Marc-André Maltais [email protected] Tel: 418 657-8702, ext. 3018 Lawyer for Retraite Québec
Kimberley Sebag [email protected] Tel: 416.223.5391 ext. 339 Lawyer for Imperial Tobacco claimant
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Court File No. CV-19-616077-00CL
ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
(COMMERCIAL LIST)
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICANTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TAB DOCUMENT PAGE
1. Notice of Motion 1
2. Affidavit of Eric Thauvette, sworn June 17, 2019 6
A. Exhibit “A” – Letter Agreement between Applicants and BNS dated May22, 2019
17
3. Draft Stay Extension Order 25
TAB 1
Court File No. CV-19-616077-00CL
ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
COMMERCIAL LIST
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICANTS
NOTICE OF MOTION (Motion for Stay Extension returnable June 26, 2019)
The Applicants will make a motion before a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of
Justice (Commercial List) on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., or as soon after that time
as the motion can be heard, at 330 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
PROPOSED METHOD OF HEARING: The motion is to be heard orally.
THE MOTION IS FOR:
1. An Order substantially in the form attached to the Motion Record at Tab 3 providing the
following relief:
(a) if necessary, abridging the time for service of this Notice of Motion and the Motion
Record and dispensing with service on any person other than those served; and
(b) extending the Stay Period (defined below) until and including December 16, 2019;
and
2. Such further and other relief as this Court may deem just.
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THE GROUNDS FOR THE MOTION ARE:
1. The Applicants face an existential threat from tobacco-related litigation across Canada,
including multiple class actions, government claims seeking to recover health care costs, and
other ongoing proceedings (collectively, the “Tobacco Litigation”);
2. On March 1, 2019, the Court of Appeal for Quebec issued an appeal judgment
condemning Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited to pay a potential maximum amount that, with
interest, is over $9 billion;
3. In addition, the plaintiffs in the Tobacco Litigation collectively seek hundreds of billions
of dollars in damages, which exceeds the Applicants’ total assets by many orders of magnitude;
4. The Applicants were granted protection from their creditors under the Companies’
Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36, as amended (the “CCAA”), pursuant to the
Initial Order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) dated March 12, 2019
(as amended from time to time, the “Initial Order”);
5. FTI Consulting Canada Inc. was appointed to act as the Monitor in the Initial Order;
6. Justice Winkler was appointed as the Court-Appointed Mediator in the Initial Order;
7. The Initial Order granted a stay of proceedings until April 11, 2019, or such later date as
this Court may order (as extended by further court orders, the “Stay Period”);
8. Following the comeback hearing, the Court extended the Stay Period until June 28, 2019;
9. The extension of the Stay Period is necessary and appropriate in the circumstances to
allow for the continued operation of the Applicants’ business while they work towards
developing a plan of compromise or arrangement for the resolution of the Tobacco Claims (as
defined in the Initial Order);
10. The Applicants have been acting in and continue to act in good faith and with due
diligence in these CCAA proceedings;
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11. During the extended Stay Period, the Applicants intend to conclude negotiations for
forms of nondisclosure agreements and begin exchanging information with the provinces, to start
finalizing the terms on which information will be shared with other stakeholders, to engage in the
mediation process with the Court-Appointed Mediator, and to work diligently (in consultation
with the Monitor) to engage in substantive discussions with the Tobacco Litigation stakeholders;
12. It is just and convenient and in the interests of the Applicants and their respective
stakeholders that the Stay Period be extended;
13. The Applicants have sufficient liquidity to continue operations through the requested
Stay Period;
14. The Monitor supports the extension of the Stay Period;
15. The provisions of the CCAA, including section 11.02, and the inherent and equitable
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court;
16. Rules 1.04, 1.05, 2.03, 3.02, 16 and 37 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O.
1990, Reg. 194, as amended, and section 106 of the Ontario Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. C.43, as amended; and
17. Such further and other grounds as counsel may advise and this Court may permit.
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE will be used at the hearing of
this motion:
1. The Affidavit of Eric Thauvette sworn June 17, 2019;
2. The Fourth Report of the Monitor (to be filed); and
3. Such further and other evidence as counsel may advise and this Court may permit.
June 17, 2019 OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP Box 50, 1 First Canadian Place Toronto, ON M5X 1B8
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Deborah Glendinning Tel: 416-862-4714Email: [email protected]
Marc Wasserman Tel: 416-862-4908Email: [email protected]
John A. MacDonald Tel: 416-862-5672Email: [email protected]
Craig Lockwood Tel: 416-862-5988Email: [email protected]
Lawyers for the Applicants, Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited and Imperial Tobacco Company Limited
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Court File No. CV-19-616077-00CL
ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
(COMMERCIAL LIST)
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICANTS
AFFIDAVIT OF ERIC THAUVETTE
(Sworn June 17, 2019)
I, Eric Thauvette, of the City of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, the Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited (“ITCAN”), MAKE
OATH AND SAY:
1. I am the Chief Financial Officer of ITCAN and, in that role, I am responsible for
all financial-related aspects of ITCAN’s business operations. I am also an officer and director of
ITCAN’s subsidiary and the other applicant, Imperial Tobacco Company Limited (collectively
with ITCAN, the “Applicants”). As such, I have personal knowledge of the matters deposed to
herein. Where I have relied on other sources for information, I have stated the sources of my
information and believe them to be true. In preparing this Affidavit, I have consulted with other
members of the Applicants’ senior management team, legal, financial and other advisors of the
Applicants, and representatives of FTI Consulting Canada Inc. (“FTI” or the “Monitor”). In
addition, I receive frequent updates from the Applicants’ counsel relating to the status of the CCAA
proceedings and have personally attended at a number of the court appearances to date in these
proceedings.
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2. This affidavit is made in support of a motion by the Applicants for an order under
the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36, as amended (the “CCAA”),
extending the Stay Period (defined below) up to and including December 16, 2019.
I. Background
3. The Applicants were granted CCAA protection by an order of the Ontario Superior
Court of Justice (Commercial List) dated March 12, 2019 (as amended from time to time, the
“Initial Order”). The Initial Order appointed FTI as the Monitor and granted a stay of proceedings
in favour of the Applicants and certain related parties until and including April 11, 2019 or such
later date as the Court may order (as extended by further court orders, the “Stay Period”).
4. The Applicants sought CCAA protection in the face of an existential threat from
tobacco-related litigation across Canada, including multiple class actions, government claims
seeking to recover health care costs under special purpose provincial legislation (the “Medicaid
Actions”), and other ongoing proceedings (collectively the “Tobacco Litigation”). On March 1,
2019, the Court of Appeal for Quebec issued an appeal judgment in two tobacco-related class
actions, the Letourneau and Blais class actions (the “Quebec Class Actions”), and awarded
damages of up to a potential maximum amount of over $9 billion against ITCAN. Moreover,
ITCAN is currently facing more than 20 large tobacco litigation claims that have been filed across
Canada, with claims for damages totalling well in excess of $600 billion.
5. While the Applicants dispute the claims made in the various proceedings, the
Applicants concluded it was in the best interests of all of their stakeholders to engage in a
restructuring process with the overriding objective of preserving the value of the Applicants’
business and facilitating a global resolution of all Tobacco Claims (as defined in the Initial Order)
in an orderly process under Court supervision.
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6. ITCAN, JTI-Macdonald Corp. (“JTI”), and Rothmans Benson & Hedges Inc.
(“RBH”) are the three major Canadian manufacturers and distributors of tobacco products. JTI and
RBH have also been granted CCAA protection under orders made on March 8, 2019 and March
22, 2019, respectively. Counsel for the Applicants, RBH, and JTI have consulted extensively on
common issues in order to coordinate the three CCAA proceedings to the maximum extent
possible. For example, the Applicants, RBH, and JTI worked together to explore the possibility of
negotiated resolutions to issues raised by stakeholders in motions scheduled before this
Honourable Court.
7. The comeback motions for the Imperial, JTI, and RBH CCAA proceedings were
heard together on April 4 and 5, 2019 (the “Comeback Hearing”). Following the Comeback
Hearing, the Court extended the Stay Period until and including June 28, 2019.
II. The Mediation
8. Importantly, the terms of Justice Winkler’s mandate as the Court-Appointed
Mediator in all three CCAA Proceedings were finalized at the Comeback Hearing. During the most
recent Stay Period, the Applicants have participated in discussions relating to setting the ground
rules for the mediation process before the Court-Appointed Mediator, including a Communication
& Confidentiality Protocol approved by this Court in an endorsement dated May 24, 2019.
9. In addition, the Applicants have participated in numerous meetings with the Court-
Appointed Mediator and the Monitor on a variety of issues that arose in these CCAA proceedings,
including the issues raised by the motions filed by representative plaintiffs in the Quebec Class
Actions (the “QCAPs”) for the Comeback Hearing.
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10. The Court-Appointed Mediator has recently set a schedule for participation by
various stakeholders in the Imperial, JTI and RBH CCAA proceedings in a mediation process. The
Applicants believe that this mediation process and anticipated interactions facilitated by the Court-
Appointed Mediator during the proposed extended Stay Period will allow all stakeholders to better
understand the competing interests of other parties in the CCAA proceedings, and assist in
identifying a path forward for ultimately developing a plan of compromise or arrangement.
III. Current Status of CCAA Proceedings
11. The QCAPs filed wide-ranging motions, originally returnable at the Comeback
Hearing, in the Imperial, JTI and RBH CCAA proceedings. A number of the issues raised by the
QCAPs were not finally determined at the Comeback Hearing and were referred to the Court-
Appointed Mediator. The Court also heard further submissions on some of the issues raised in
these Comeback Hearing motions on April 25, April 26, and May 14.
12. Among other things, the QCAPs sought orders (i) prohibiting the Applicants from
making intercompany payments except for payments for physical inventory actually supplied; (ii)
taxing the fees and disbursements of professionals and consultants engaged by the Applicants
(including counsel for the Applicants, the Monitor, and counsel for the Monitor) every 90 days
with prior notice to the service list; (iii) partially lifting the stay of proceedings to obtain court
approval for settlements between the QCAPs and the liquidators of Kansa General International
Insurance Company Ltd. and Northumberland General Insurance Company (the “Insurance
Settlements”); and (iv) partially lifting the stay of proceedings to permit the QCAPs to file a
bankruptcy application.
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13. Following the Comeback Hearing, the Applicants’ counsel (in conjunction with
JTI’s and RBH’s counsel) attempted to consensually resolve these issues with the assistance of the
Court-Appointed Mediator:
(a) Professional fees: The Applicants and the QCAPs resolved this issue by agreeing
to the regular disclosure of professional fees on the terms included in the
Professional Fee Disclosure Order granted by this Court on May 14, 2019.
(b) Insurance Settlements: Despite disagreements about the scope of the Insurance Lift-
Stay Order granted on April 5, 2019, the Applicants and the QCAPs consensually
resolved this issue as well. On April 25, 2019, this Court issued an endorsement on
consent authorizing the QCAPs to seek court approval for the Insurance Settlements
while deferring all other issues. Following further discussions, the Applicants and
the QCAPs reached an agreement that contemplated the QCAPs applying to seek
approval for spending the proceeds of the Insurance Settlements for certain stated
purposes. On May 31, 2019, this Court granted an order approving the parties’
agreement and further lifting the stay to permit the QCAPs to obtain court approval
for spending the Insurance Settlement proceeds for the purposes described in the
parties’ agreement. The QCAPs subsequently obtained such approval from the
Quebec Superior Court.
(c) Bankruptcy application and intercompany payments: The Applicants understand
that the QCAPs are no longer seeking to file a bankruptcy application at this time.
In addition, while the intercompany payments issues has not been fully resolved, it
appears that the issue has been deferred for the time being.
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14. The Applicants’ counsel have also engaged with the Consortium,1 Alberta,
Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario to negotiate the terms on which the parties will exchange
information, which is key to any successful negotiations in these proceedings.
15. In particular, during the most recent Stay Period, the Applicants’ counsel have been
negotiating forms of non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”) with these provinces’ counsel in order
to facilitate the sharing of confidential information by the Applicants with the provinces and their
professional advisors. The Applicants have finalized the form of NDAs with the Consortium,
Alberta, and Newfoundland and Labrador for sharing information with external advisors retained
by these provinces. The Applicants are continuing to negotiate NDAs for sharing information
directly with these provinces and with Ontario.
16. Once the forms of NDAs with the provinces have been finalized, the Applicants
will start responding to requests for documents and information in order to facilitate further
discussions with the provinces. In addition, these NDAs will serve as a model (with necessary
modifications) for sharing information with other stakeholders.
17. The Applicants understand that representatives of the various provinces in the
Consortium held meetings with the Monitors in the Imperial, RBH and JTI CCAA proceedings as
well as with the Court-Appointed Mediator. In addition, the Applicants’ counsel have continued
communicating with counsel for the above-noted provinces on issues arising in the CCAA
proceedings.
1 British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan.
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IV. Other Matters
18. The Applicants have entered into a settlement of their obligations related to a
deferred income plan, a supplemental executive retirement plan, and a supplementary pension plan
established by Genstar Corporation (collectively, the “Genstar Plans”).
19. Under a 1986 agreement, ITCAN guaranteed Genstar’s obligations related to the
Genstar Plans and, until March 2019, funded the payments under the Genstar Plans by making
monthly capital contributions to Imasco Holdings Group, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary. However, after
obtaining the Initial Order, ITCAN ceased funding payments under the Genstar Plans. The Former
Genstar U.S. Retiree Group Committee (the “Committee”) filed a motion seeking (i) a
Representation Order appointing certain Representatives and Representative Counsel for the
Genstar Plans’ members in these CCAA proceedings; and (ii) a Reinstatement Order reinstating
the payments under the Genstar Plans.
20. On April 25, 2019, the Court granted the Representation Order. The motion for the
Reinstatement Order was scheduled to be heard on April 26. However, on April 25, the Applicants
and the Representatives, supported by the Committee, negotiated at arms’ length and agreed to
resolve the motion for the Reinstatement Order on mutually agreeable terms, subject to court
approval. The motion seeking court approval of the settlement will be heard on June 26, 2019.
Beneficiaries under the Genstar Plans were given notice of the settlement and the settlement
approval hearing pursuant to the Notice Procedure Order made by this Court on May 14, 2019.
The Applicants will file materials in support of the settlement approval motion describing the
settlement in grater detail.
21. On May 1, 2019, the Federal government published the Tobacco Products
Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance), SOR/2019-107 (the “Regulations”) that,
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among other things, provide for the plain and standardized appearance of tobacco packages and
products. Under the Regulations, manufacturers will no longer be able to sell branded tobacco
products after November 9, 2019 while retailers have an additional 90 days to sell branded tobacco
products. The Applicants have therefore been required to initiate strategies to address required
changes to manufacturing equipment resulting from the transition to plain packaging. During this
transition, the Applicants anticipate there will be accelerated sales of certain branded products to
certain of their wholesale and retail customer base, resulting in corresponding inventory level
fluctuations. As a result, the Applicants anticipate timing differences in historical levels of receipts
and disbursements in the short term with the expectation that their cash flows will be regularized
once the transition to plain packaging is complete.
22. During the most recent Stay Period, all of the Applicants’ suppliers continued to
supply goods and services post-filing based on existing arrangements or terms negotiated with the
Applicants.
23. On May 22, 2019, the Applicants entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter
Agreement”) with The Bank of Nova Scotia (“BNS”) relating to the cash management services
provided by BNS and letters of credit (“LCs”) related to certain pension and tax obligations of the
Applicants issued by BNS. Under the Letter Agreement, BNS has agreed to renew or extend the
LCs it has issued on terms set out in the Letter Agreement. In addition, the Letter Agreement
provides that the Applicants will maintain a minimum cash balance in their accounts with BNS in
an amount equal to the daily settlement risk borne by BNS and the total amount of the LCs (the
“Minimum Balance”). Finally, the Applicants have acknowledged that BNS may exercise set-off
rights to eliminate negative balances in any of the Applicants’ accounts with BNS and, upon the
occurrence of certain events, exposure under LCs. The Monitor has reviewed and approved the
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Applicants entering into the Letter Agreement. A copy of the Letter Agreement without schedules
is attached as Exhibit “A”.
24. The Applicants are currently in discussions with BNS regarding potential
amendments to the Letter Agreement under which BNS would potentially issue certain additional
LCs. If the parties agree to these amendments, the Applicants will be required to increase the
Minimum Balance by an amount equal to 103% of any new LCs issued by BNS.
25. Overall, there has been negligible disruption or impairment of the Applicants’
business operations. The stay of proceedings has therefore achieved its objective of providing
operational stability and fostering an environment that encourages stakeholder discussions.
V. Stay Extension
26. As noted above, the Applicants are seeking to extend the Stay Period up to and
including December 16, 2019.
27. I believe that the Applicants have acted and are continuing to act in good faith and
with due diligence in these CCAA proceedings since the granting of the Initial Order. During the
extended Stay Period, the Applicants intend to conclude negotiations for the remaining NDAs and
begin exchanging confidential information with the provinces, to start finalizing the terms on
which information will be shared with other stakeholders, to engage in the mediation process with
the Court-Appointed Mediator, and to work diligently (in consultation with the Monitor) to engage
in substantive discussions with the Tobacco Litigation stakeholders.
28. The Applicants’ overriding objective remains the eventual global resolution of all
Tobacco Claims in a co-ordinated fashion, without preferring the claim of one stakeholder over
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Private and Confidential N{ay 22,2019
Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited3711 St-Antoine Street WestMontreal, QC H4C 3P6
Imperial Tobacco Company Limited3711 St-Antoine Street WestMontreal, QC H4C 3P6
Attention: Eric Thauvette
Dear Sir:
Re Imperíal Tobacco Canødø Límited and Imperiøl Tobacco Company Limíted,CV-l9-616077-00CL (the "CCAA Proceedings")
We hereby refer to:
A credit agreement dated March 26,2070 (the "LC Credit Agreement") among The Bankof Nova Scotia ("fJs", "We" or "BNS"), as lender, and Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited("ITCAN") and Imperial Tobacco Company Limited ("ITCO"), as borrowers, and
establishing a committed standby letter of credit facility in a maximum amount of$100,000,000 (the "LC Credit Facility") and the letters of credit issued thereunderdescribed in Schedule "4" (the "Province LCs");
Three (3) letters of credit issued at the request of ITCAN on a discretionary stand-alone
basis independently from the LC Credit Agreement and further detailed in Schedule "8"hereof (the "Pension LCs" and, together with the Province LCs, the "LCs" and each a,,LC");
a A letter agreement dated March 26, 2010 between BNS and ITCAN establishing a
revolving demand credit facility by way of overdraft in a maximum amount of$25,000,000, as amended on December 22,2075 (the "Overdraft Facility Agreement"),which was terminated prior to the comÍrencement of the CCAA Proceedings with yourconsent and agreement;
o A Canadian Dollar money ûtanagement services positioning service agreement (inter-company) dated July 20,2010 arnong BNS, ITCAN, ITCO, Imperial Tobacco Products
Lirnited ("ITPL"), Channel 2Inc. ("Channel 2") and Imperial Tobacco IT Solutions Inc.("IT Solutions") (the "CAD Positioning Agreement"). ITPL no longer holds anyaccounts with Us and has been removed from the CAD Positioning Agreement. Channel2 merged with, and is continuing as, ITCO. IT Solutions changed its name to ImperialTobacco Services Inc. ("IT Services"; and, together with ITCAN and ITCO, "You"); and
A US Dollar money management services positioning service agreement (inter-company)dated July 20, 2070 among BNS, ITCAN, ITCO and ITPL (the "USD Positioning
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Agreement" and, together with the CAD Positioning Agreement, the "PositioningAgreements"). ITPL has been removed frorn the US Positioning Agreement.
We further refer to an Initial Order made on March 72,2019 by the Ontario Superior Courtof Justice (the "Court") and initiating the CCAA Proceedings (the "Initial Order"). FTIConsulting Canada Inc. was appointed as Monitor in the CCAA Proceedings (the "Monitor").
The purpose of this letter agreement ("Agreement") is to confirm the understandings and
agreements reached among the undersigned pafiies to this Agreement (collectively, the "Parties")for the continuation of certain cash management services and the renewal of the LCs during the
CCAA Proceedings.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED
Cash Management
You represent and agree that the aggregate balance of unrestricted cash held on deposit inITCAN's accounts with Us shall not: (a) frorn and after the date hereof up to June 28,2019fall below $263,500,000, and (b) frorn and after June 28, 2019 fall below $363,500,000 (ineach case, the "Minimum Balance"). In any event, You will give Us at least 21 days priorwritten notice of the aggregate unrestricted cash on deposit with Us being projected by Youor the Monitor to fall below the applicable Minimum Balance (a "Balance Notice"). Youwill provide us with timely notice of any and all restricted cash on deposit in ITCAN'saccounts with Us.
You have instructed Us to close the account held for Imasco Pension Funds Society("Imasco"). To the extent applicable, such account shall be brought to a zero balance byUs through netting and combination of Your accounts and the account of Imasco.
All account operations and services, including applicable daily payment limits in respectof such accounts and services, will be adjusted as agreed and described in Schedule "C",provided, however, on each day that the actual aggregate unrestricted cash on deposit byITCAN with Us is less than the applicable Minimum Balance, a reduced daily processinglimit for wire transfers shall be established for that day in accordance with the followingformula (the "Reduced Daily Wire Limit"):
Reduced Daily Wire Lirnit : $ I 15,000,000 x (A/the applicable Minimum Balance)
A : the actual aggregate unrestricted cash on deposit by ITCAN with Usdetermined at or about 10 a.rn. (Toronto time) on the applicable date taking intoaccount any items posted in our system overnight but not cleared through Youraccounts with Us as at that tirne;
On each day that actual aggrega|.e unrestricted cash on deposit by ITCAN with Us is belowthe applicable Minimum Balance, You will stay below the Reduced Daily Wire Lirnitcalculated by You in good faith for such clay with the superuision of the Monitor. Withoutlirniting Your forgoing obligation, We may issue a written notice to You from tirne to time
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advising You of the Reduced Daily Wire Limit based on the infonnation available to Us inrespect of ITCAN's accounts with Us and such determination by Us shall be final and
binding on You for the applicable date (or any longer period specified by Us in such
notice).
Except as amended or superseded by this Agreement, You and We agree that any cash
management services provided by BNS to You, including under the PositioningAgreement, will be maintained in accordance with the tenns and conditions of the
applicable existing agreements with Us and any order of the Court in the CCAAProceedings.
You acknowledge and agree to our netting and cornbining of, and setting-off against, one
or more of any of Your accounts by Us to eliminate any negative balances from time totime in any account that any of You may have with Us irrespective of which of Your names
the subject accounts are held in accordance with existing agreements or past practices.
Notwithstanding the allowance for a Reduced Daily'Wire Lirnit pursuant to paragraph 3,
upon the occuffence of an event described in subparagraphs (a) to (d) of the defìnition of aTriggering Event (as defined below), You acknowledge that we are not restricted by thisAgreement from making an application to the Court for leave to seek an order permittinglJs, arnong other things, to terminate the Positioning Agreements. Upon the occurrence ofan event described in subparagraphs (e) or (f¡ of the definition of a Triggering Event, Wemay immediately terminate the Positioning Agreements, zero out all negative accountbalances through netting of accounts and cancel all daily processing limits in respect ofsuch accounts and services; provided that, upon BNS taking aîy of the foregoing actions,Your obligation to hold the Minimurn Balance on deposit with Us pursuant to paragraph Ihereof shall be of no further force and effect as of the date that is five business days afterthe date that an amount of cash equal to the LC Exposure (as defined below) has been
deposited in a non-disbursement account with Us in accordance with subparagraph 9(d)hereof.
Letters of Credit
You have requested extensions and renewals of the LCs. You acknowledge and agree thatBNS' agreement to permit renewal of the LCs after the commencement of the CCAAProceedings constitutes a new post-filing extension of credit by BNS and that You willtreat the LC Exposure as such for all purposes, including treating the LC Exposure as
unaffected under any plan of arrangement proposed by You. Except as expresslycontemplated in this paragraph 7, You will not request any new extensions of credit(including letters of credit) and We are under no obligation to extend any further creditunder the LC Credit Agreement.
We agree not to issue any notice of non-renewal under the LCs, allowing automatic renewalof same in accordance with their respective tenns until the earlier of (x) the irnplementationof a plan of arrangement in the CCAA Proceedings, and (y) the occuffence of a TriggeringEvent (as defined below) upon the occurrence of which We will have the option (but notthe obligation) to issue notices of rlon-rene\Mal in accordance with the tenns of the
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applicable LC, provided, however, that We will refrain frorn issuing a notice of non-
renewal if You deposit unrestricted cash in an amount equal to our LC Exposure (as def,rned
below) in a non-disbursernent account with Us in accordance with paragraphs 9(c) and 10.
For the purposes of this Agreement "Triggering Event" means any of the following: (a)
You send Us a Balance Notice, (b) the aggregale cash balance on deposit with BNS fallsbelow the applicable Minimum Balance, (c) You receive notice frorn Us that You have
breached a term of this Agreement and You have not cured such breach within 15 days ofreceipt of written notice of such breach, (d) a motion or application is filed or commenced
by You or any person requesting an order terminating the CCAA Proceedings or requesting
to have any one of You become subject to bankruptcy proceeding or any another type ofinsolvency proceeding (whether or not such proceedings are concurrent); provided,
however, that any application for a bankruptcy order or a termination of the CCAAProceeding will not constitute a Triggering Event unless (i) You are not actively contesting
such application or (ii) You are actively contesting such application and leave from the
stay is granted for such application to proceed, (e) the CCAA Proceedings are convertedto, or overlaid with, another type of insolvency orbankruptcyproceeding, or (f) IT Services
becomes subject to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or any such proceedings
involving IT Services are cornmenced or applied for by or against IT Services, other than
a voluntary filing by IT Services to become an applicant in the CCAA Proceedings.
Provided that We are continuing to cornply with all of our commitments hereunder (after
being provided with written notice of any alleged breach and provided with a reasonable
period of time to cure), You hereby:
Acknowledge BNS' set-off rights, including without limitation, its contractual,legal and equitable set-off and compensation rights.
b. Waive the application of the stay of proceedings granted under the Initial Order (as
amended from time to time) as it relates to Us exercising any set-off rights and any
other rights contemplated under this Agreement in accordance with the terms ofthis Agreernent.
c. Acknowledge and agree that upon a draw being made by a beneficiary under anLCand that draw being honoured by Us, We may immediately satisfy ITCAN's orITCO's reimbursement obligation to Us in connection with such draw under theLC in full against all amounts which may at any time stand to the credit of ITCANand/or ITCO in any account held with Us, together with any interest thereon due oraccruing due to You (the "Amounts"), including by way of set-off. If any
reimbursement obligation is satisf,red by application of any of the Amounts, theapplicable Minimurn Balance shall be automatically reduced on a dollar for dollarbasis by the amount applied in respect of any such reimbursement. The term"account" shall include a debt owned by Us to You (or any one of You), which byits tenn is not due.
d. You agree: (i) upon the occurrence of an event described in subparagraphs (a) to(c) or (f) of the definition of a Triggering Event, to deposit within 3 business days
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an aÍìount of cash equal to the Letter of Credit Exposure (as defined in the LC
Credit Agreement, with the amendrnent that such definition will be deerned to
include a reference to the Pension LCs in addition to the Province LCs; such
amended definition for the purpose of this Agreement, the "LC Exposure") at that
time in a non-disbursement account with Us, or (ii) upon the occulrence of an event
described in subparagraphs (d) or (e) of the definition of a Triggering Event, to
imrnediately deposit an arnount of cash equal to the LC Exposure althaL time in anon-disbursement account with Us, and, in either case, should You fail to do so,
We may transfer funds equal to the LC Exposure from Amounts to a non-
disbursement account in the name of ITCAN and may also satisfy payment of any
outstanding bank fees and Legal Fees from the Amounts in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. The Minimum Balance shall be automatically reduced on
a dollar for dollar basis by the amount of the cash on deposit in any such non-
disbursement account.
10 Cash held on deposit in any such non-disbursement account shall only be released to You
by Us after Your reimbursement obligations relating to drawn LCs have been satisfied infull, all remaining undrawn LCs expire or are retumed to Us for cancellation and all of our
outstanding bank fees and Legal Fees in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
We agree that any and all fees payable by You to Us in connection with the LCs shall be
charged in the ordinary course but only in respect of the LCs that comprise the existing LC
Exposure at the applicable time, and no standby, commitment or other fees shall be payable
by You to Us in connection with any unused or inaccessible portion of the LC Credit
Facility or other-wise pursuant to the LC Credit Agreement or the Overdraft FacilityAgreement. No fees shall be payable by You to Us in connection with any LCs that have
expired or that have been drawn and paid.
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12. Subject to paragraph 11 hereof, You agree to make payments for fees owing under the LCCredit Agteement, any of the LCs, the Positioning Agreements or any other agreements
with Us in the ordinary course (without set-off). You further agree to pay (without set-off)the reasonable and documented fees incurred by McMillan LLP, as counsel to BNS, up to
an aggregate maximurn arnount of $500,000 (inclusive of applicable taxes) (the "LegalFees"), within 10 business days of receipt of an invoice (with privileged informationredacted). The subrnission to You of McMillan's redacted invoices in order to achieve the
above in no way constitutes a waiver of BNS' privilege with regards to the work performed
by McMillan LLP.
13 You represent and agreethat since the commencement of the CCAA Proceedings You have
not to date, and that You will not during the CCAA Proceedings going forward, provide
any credit supporl, credit enhancernent or other fom of loss protection to any other cash
tnanagelnent bank, or issuer of a letter of credit, letter of guarantee, surety bond or sirnilarinstrument without also providing the same protection to Us to ensure BNS' exposure is
protected to the same degree and proportion as such other person (taking into account to
the quanturn of cash managelrìent and letter of credit exposure).
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The rights hereby confered on BNS are in addition to and not in substitution for orderogation from any other rights which BNS may have under law or under any securities
now or hereafter held by BNS including without limitation, any or any other set-off rights.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to
be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality orunenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this
Agreement shall be construed as if such provision(s) had never been contained herein,provided that such provision(s) shall be curtailed, limited or eliminated only to the extent
necessary to remove the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistencybetween the provisions of this Agreement and
the provisions of any other agreement between Us or any one or more of You, then the
provisions contained in this Agreement shall prevail to the extent of such conflict orinconsistency.
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
Province of Québec, and each of the parties irrevocably attoms to the non-exclusivejurisdiction of the Court presiding over the CCAA Proceedings to adjudicate all matters
related to the agreement set out in this Agreement.
Unless otherwise stated, all references herein to sums of money are expressed in, and allpayments provided for herein shall be made in, Canadian Dollars.
No waiver of any provision of this Agreement is binding unless it is in writing and signed
by all the parties to this Agreement entitled to grant the waiver. No failure to exercise, and
no delay in exercisin g, aîy right or remedy, under this Agreement will be deemed to be a
waiver of that right or remedy. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreementwill be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of that provision.
This Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each ofwhich when executed and delivered is an original but all of which taken together constitute
one and the same instrument. To evidence its execution of an original counterpart of this
Agreernent, aparty may send a copy of its original signature on the execution page hereofto the other party by facsimile or electronic transmission and such transmissions shall
constitute delivery of an executed copy of this Agreement to the receiving party.
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THE HONOURABLE MR.
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WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH
DAY OF JUNE, 2019
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF IMPERIAL TOBACCO CANADA LIMITED AND IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICANTS
ORDER (Stay Extension)
THIS MOTION, made by the Applicants pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors
Arrangement Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, as amended, for an order extending the Stay Period
(defined below) until and including December 16, 2019, was heard this day at 330 University
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
ON READING the Notice of Motion of the Applicants, the Affidavit of Eric Thauvette
sworn June 17, 2019, the Fourth Report of the Monitor, and on hearing the submissions of
respective counsel for the Applicants, the Monitor, and such other counsel as were present, no
one else appearing although duly served as appears from the Affidavit of Service of affirmed
June , 2019, filed:
SERVICE
1. THIS COURT ORDERS that the time for service of the Notice of Motion and the
Motion Record herein is hereby abridged and validated so that this Motion is properly returnable
today and hereby dispenses with further service thereof.
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EXTENSION OF THE STAY PERIOD
2. THIS COURT ORDERS that the Stay Period as defined in paragraph 18 of the Second
Amended and Restated Initial Order dated March 12, 2019 is hereby extended until and
including December 16, 2019.
GENERAL
3. THIS COURT ORDERS that this Order shall have full force and effect in all provinces
and territories in Canada.
4. THIS COURT HEREBY REQUESTS the aid and recognition of any court, tribunal,
regulatory or administrative body, having jurisdiction in Canada or in the United States of
America, to give effect to this Order and to assist the Applicants, the Monitor and their
respective agents in carrying out the terms of this Order. All courts, tribunals, regulatory and
administrative bodies are hereby respectfully requested to make such orders and to provide such
assistance to the Applicants and to the Monitor, as an officer of this Court, as may be necessary
or desirable to give effect to this Order, to grant representative status to the Monitor in any
foreign proceeding, or to assist the Applicants and the Monitor and their respective agents in
carrying out the terms of this Order.
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